Banking-pin for watches, clocks, and the like.



W. T. MALONEY. BANKING PIN FOR WATCHES, CLOCKS, AND THE-LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED mm. 1914.

1,144,857. Patented June 29, 1915.

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04M Jar/87am a iymnoiynj'y, orfifrnnnron, nnwannsnYgnssmnon To nosing INGERSOLL g & nno A zromr-sroon ASSOCIATION or ynw YORK. 1 1 g mu mies ron'iwn'ronns; CLOCK$,1AND THE LIKE:

. imme (if Re nant-1 ;=:Appu aa61r e Januar 8,191 .seria -Mur ia.

Tamara? 05am; ,I'Be 'trknown that IyWILLIAM T. MA-

' LONEY, a QcitizenoftheiUnitedh Statesyre sidingfat' Trenton,- New Jersey, have invent'ed certainwnewaa'nd e usefu1-Improveand throw the watch outoftime'; lthasf' specification; v

v i Itf'is the a e pf my-sealers pa it lcanlbe made at a lowc'ost ',and' also one g I thatl-will not, get outiaoffljj'adjustment and I when set atthe?factor-y cannot be'altered,

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yide'a banking pin oirsuchiconstruction that The invention is shown nfthe accompany- 1 ingdr'awings,infwhich Flg rfilisa plan View of-ari escapement leyer-rwith Ithe; banking pinsqing. relation bl gpinsiofwire;-

I Yj Referringfto il ia nd 12, the {banking pins.5 ;areflformed from'round wire bent up -into U-shap efi as*shown'in- Fig;;2, the two endslof this U-shaped wire extending from the supporting. v.plate ti" into, proper. position v yfior cooperating with" the-escapement lever 7' the usualmanner; These banking pins are intended to limit'the stroke or-lswi'ng of:

' the escapement lever to alpredetermine'd degree and by thefconstruction shown they g bankingpins'vmaintain -theirposition in re 3 lation to; the jesc apement lever without liar I ivbility, of becoming altered in their adj ust-' i ment by accident or by the work of an un- Heretofore screws have been used havskilledirepairen,

ing cylindricalproj ections to"seryeas banking pins, the screws/being capable of being centricto thef axis of the screw may be T changed. It' the intention in' the useof banking pins'to.}adju st them accurately at turned so'that the distancebetween the sides 9 of the cylindrical-portions which are ecthe factoryzandj after'they have been set theyareto remain permanently in this ad mentioned [it .l ls- .been ifpossible, either through accidentorbythe work of a watch repa1rer,u, ,t0, disturb the adjustment and thus alter the stroke of the escapement lever.

also beenjproposed, as shown; in the patent have interchangeable banking screws, saidscrews having banking portions of plain cyllndrical-form concentric with i-theaxis of a the screw threaded portions but of difierent diameters so that the distanc'ebetween these a "bankingrportions would remain fixed "when once adjusted at the factory. I accomplish the same result in a' simpler and lessxexpensive manner by thexusebf a- 'U-shaped iPatentedJune-29;]191Q' 1i justment, butgwith" the screw-form above wire which providesthe-itwo bankingPor tlons in one piece and whichenables the as-f I semblage' to' be made, quickly, it" being only necessary'tothrust the Uashaped member '.throug'h the openings formed in the ,sup}

porting plate to locate and properly posi-Y 'tion the banking-portions in. place, both banking pins being handled as. one body.

a The banking pins can be produced ra pidly in automatic machinery fromta continuous, lengthof .wlre. The banklng pins can be made with different width of space between them adapted'to diflerent Vescapement, movemental I f r I .It will be [noticed from Fig; 2 that it is only necessaryto thrust thejfU-sliaped mem her through the openings, in the supporting I I plate toget the proper adjustment: of the banking p h as, to their width Cra g:

tance apart and also as to the extent to which they project from the supporting tJ- plate,-the connecting cross piece 8 acting as a stop by coming in contact with the face of the supporting plate. I

In Figs. '3 and 4 the mm rinai les above set forth are also embodied but insteadof f makingthe banking pins from a round wire they can be stamped out of sheet metal in] a U-shape, no subsequent bending being required.

the forms of the series mentioned. 7 These banking pins, instead of being seated each ina pair ofopenings in'the movement Plate, 11

1 are seated in' a singleyepening formedilarge 'eiiolljg'hto,taketheentire U-sha'ped pin, and

this enableef the {taming pigljs "tqfbe. V interr ehanged-td securezthe' proper adjustment of 1 inserted With I l allithe fotmiS.

a ns v the movement Wire'f rm f b anking {pin is adapted fo lcjytv s.- & 11 ii' ede te tch'es. i'It Will be under t {the platewa,

also imaypbesecuredan;-,co;mection11-with apj xso' hat'ithe i i wmg heprbp r s.

the 'sehs'e fthatithey are Y free j from Outside pesitioil,

grade Watches; While seiisitdief tb the ehape efthe banking pin. having .twq prongs,eo meetei fby' zt' pi ece'iextending between them;

110131111" as myinven'tionz Y L A -Fbanking; ping of U-shape havin g;

jig-9315i portions to be thrustthrough a, $1113 porting plete and held by centaetwithlthe;

f s aidlblatet Ping consisting Of} one;- piece in" U shape p11 .vl m q wwf kin J po s j x nd n thi-Qugh the plate andflpr'djecting thereit'lfcjm} 011 one *Side') and 'reQeiving the escapem'ent @T lever j between:

e?? sub ant l s 1 31 1112 00111 ination' ih a "Watch; dies cap and-projecting from the-plate on biielsid determihe'd byth'e' relation of the. ere s's Diec to thesurfa ce 1 the "plate; substantially a de'scribeds m 4. Inteifchapngeihle r pins ft) porting plate and different interier wildth at the poihts' ofcontact? Of the esczt'pement lever, substantially as described; l In colhbipja'tiori an? escapemeiifl lever supporting plate having tm OpeningQ'I j banking-3 pins 'df 'one pie ce in U-shape V ser edf n e i peni id dp ni e lj escapementlever;

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V L I MT Witnesses? {CHARLES HI MARGERUlQ/Ialf 3 ,2g ln-eor t1bifiatien alwateh, alijeseape- -ment"1ever;-a supporting plate and bankin h1 ent}1eve1f,-* a: supporting plate amt]: la)ank i1 1-9;

pl n'sf fcon'sgstlh'g bf 0116131806 111pufshape' with the twb banking portio s extending' through;

the bo si'ti'ofi of 'thei pinsiin the plate bei ngl wetehe'si'of U Shapeha iHgth samejjexterioi- Width it the portions that bear in'the supadapted 'toflfeceive U-"shaped" pins; 'of one ,exteriorpwidth but difierept' int'et'ibi widths are; their points qf yeontaet yvith" thej In testimq y whereofl l- 

